# ActionSA has reaffirmed its support for the full insourcing of security guards in the City of Johannesburg. The party says some guards, insourced under former mayor Herman Mashaba’s administration, are being underpaid despite working 12-hour shifts. ActionSA’s Nandi Ndaba says insourcing has already improved salaries and employment benefits while reducing reliance on labour brokers. […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie het ‘n veiligheidsherroeping aangekondig vir 2017 tot 2020 Ford Ranger- en Ford Everest-voertuie wat met die 10R80-ratkas toegerus is. Die herroeping volg op kommer dat ‘n transmissievloeistofpomprat kan faal, wat veroorsaak dat die voertuig krag verloor terwyl dit ry en die risiko van ‘n ongeluk verhoog. Phetho Ntaba van die kommissie […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall for certain 2017 to 2020 Ford Ranger and Ford Everest vehicles fitted with the Ten-R-80 transmission. The recall follows concerns that a transmission fluid pump gear could fail, causing the vehicle to lose power while driving and increasing the risk of an accident. The commission’s […]
# Dis-Chem co-founder Ivan Saltzman has resigned as a non-executive director with immediate effect, ending nearly five decades of leadership at South Africa’s leading pharmacy retailer. Saltzman, who founded the company with his wife Lynette in 1978, had already stepped down as an executive director in June after serving as chief executive until 2023. His […]
# Eskom se opwekkingsherstelplan verbeter steeds die kragstelsel se betroubaarheid, met die Energie Beskikbaarheidsfaktor wat op die 20ste Julie 80,24-persent bereik het, die hoogste daaglikse vlak sedert September 2017. Onbeplande onderbrekings het tot hul laagste vlak sedert Julie 2018 gedaal. Geen diesel is tussen 17 en 23 Julie gebruik nie, wat dieselbesteding met meer as […]
# The International Monetary Fund says Sub-Saharan Africa could boost its economy by 4-percent over the next decade through artificial intelligence. But the organisation warns in a report this could only happen if governments urgently resolve massive bottlenecks in electricity supply, internet access, and digital skills. Without infrastructure reforms, the IMF estimates that AI adoption […]
# Eskom Generation Recovery Plan continues to improve power system reliability, with the Energy Availability Factor reaching 80.24-percent on 20 July, the highest daily level since September 2017. Unplanned outages fell to their lowest level since July 2018. No diesel was used between 17 and 23 July, cutting diesel spending by more than 85-percent year-on-year. […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds sê Afrika suid van die Sahara kan sy ekonomie in die volgende dekade met sowat 4-persent uitbrei met die gebruik van kunsmatige intelligensie. Die organisasie waarsku egter in ‘n nuwe verslag dit kan slegs gebeur indien regerings dringend knelpunte in elektrisiteitsvoorsiening, internettoegang en digitale vaardighede oplos. Die fonds sê die […]
# Die Tegnologie-innovasie-agentskap en die Groothandel- en Kleinhandel-SETA het ‘n strategiese vennootskap begin om innovasie, entrepreneurskap en vaardigheidsontwikkeling in Suid-Afrika te versterk. Die samewerking sal internskappe, die ontwikkeling van nuwe ondernemings, innoveringsmarathons, navorsing, beurse en ondernemingsontwikkeling ondersteun, met ‘n fokus op die jeug, vroue en mense met gestremdhede. Titus Mathe, uitvoerende hoof van TIA, sê […]
